Lt. Colonel William J. Cahill

Lt. Colonel William J. Cahill, age 76, of Dawsonville died peacefully from a chronic illness on Wednesday, February 24, 2010.

Colonel Cahill was born in Brooklyn, New York and had lived in Dawsonville since 1996. Lt. Colonel Cahill served in the US Army for 23 years and two terms in Vietnam. He was last stationed and retired from Fort McPherson. He was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church in Dawsonville, Ga. and was a member of Chestatee Masonic Lodge in Dawsonville. He was an avid outdoorsman and was a member of the National Wildlife and Turkey Federation. Colonel Cahill was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend.

He was the son of the late Harold P. Cahill and Frances Shattuck Cahill.

He is survived by his wife, Edith Cahill, Dawsonville; children, Jay Cahill, Griffin, Bette-Lyn and Kenny Endress, Maryland, Lynnée Coley, Sugar Hill, Tom and Donna Waters, Dahlonega, Doug and Michelle Waters, Cleveland, Kay and Stanley McDonald, Dawsonville; brothers, Harold and Bobbie Cahill, Beaufort, South Carolina, Willard and Lavance Cahill, Ohio; grandchildren, Christina Cahill, Ryan Endress, Christopher Endress, Savannah Waters, and Cole Waters; mother-in-law, Ann Barbieri, Long Island, N.Y; god-daughter, Vivenne Mazzola, Wading River, N.Y; sister-in-law, Janet Callahan, Smithtown, N.Y; niece, Lisa Caselli, Smithtown, N.Y; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Saturday, February 27, 2010 at the Banister Funeral Home Chapel in Dahlonega, Ga. Dr. Orin L. Sampson will officiate.

Interment will follow in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery in Lumpkin County with full military honors and Masonic graveside rites.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday, February 27, 2010 from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM.

Banister Funeral Home of Dahlonega is in charge of arrangements.